familyPolygonaceae
subfamilyPolygonaceae subfam. Eriogonoideae
genusEriogonum
subgenusEriogonum subg. Oligogonum
speciesEriogonum prattenianum
Eriogonum prattenianum var. avium
Phytologia 66: 249. 1989.
Common names: Kettle Dome wild buckwheat
Endemic
Subshrubs, rounded, 1–2 dm. Leaf-blades tomentose abaxially, subglabrous adaxially. Involucres 3–5 mm wide; teeth lobelike, reflexed, 2–3 mm. Flowers usually 3–6 mm.
Phenology: Flowering Jul–Aug.
Habitat: Granitic slopes and outcrops, manzanita communities, montane conifer woodlands
Elevation: 2500-2900 m
Discussion
Variety avium is restricted to a few scattered populations on the western slope of the southern Sierra Nevada in Madera and Fresno counties.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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not winged +
light;rusty brown +
glabrous +
homocarpic +
3-gonous +
4mm;5mm +
various +
dehiscing +
absent +
marcescent +
longer +
anthesis +
whorled +
distal +
stipelike +
entire +
white-tomentose +
plane;elliptic;ovate +
not awn-tipped +
leaflike +
connate +
absent +
3;6 +
scale-like +
connate +
not brittle +
free +
aerial +
absent +
scabrellous +
round +
absent +
woody +
woody +
fasciculate +
Kettle Dome wild buckwheat +
Calif. +
nuclear +
abundant +
adnate +
pilose +
6;100 +
attenuate +
aerial +
not fistulose +
slender +
homocarpic +
bractlike +
capitate +
racemose +
not appressed +
spreading +
axillary +
reduced +
trichotomous +
enclosed +
tomentose +
campanulate +
nonmembranous +
persistent +
sheathing +
persistent +
bractlike +
awn-tipped +
pale green +
subglabrous +
2;3 +
not swollen +
orthotropous +
basal +
articulate +
absent +
accrescent +
cluster +
reflexed +
absent +
erect to deflexed +
winged +
yellow +
persistent +
glabrous +
pustulose +
accrescent +
various +
absent +
obscure +
tomentose +
Phytologia +
1989 +
fibrous +
persistent +
anthesis +
ringlike +
longitudinal +
Endemic +
recurved +
exserted +
absent +
scapose +
scandent +
absent +
peltate +
capitate +
foliaceous +
absent +
chartaceous +
arranged +
involucral +
absent +
distinct +
erect;spreading or recurved +
spreading;erect +
woody +
Eriogonum prattenianum var. avium +
Eriogonum prattenianum +
variety +
absent +
monomorphic +
connate +
dimorphic +
coriaceous +
single +
longer +
lobelike +
not awned +
reflexed +
persistent +
membranous +
glandular-punctate +
developing +
raised +
perennial +
homophyllous +
subshrub +
erect;spreading;erect;spreading +
glabrous +
rounded +
3dm;5dm +
midlength +